Hold Me

Far off, I feel the same old pull (ahhhh)

Keep still, let the hours roll I

count the marks on the ceiling again

One more loop where the morning bends Your name turns soft in

the static rain

I keep my hands on the wheel of my brain No rush,

no cure, just a steady line I follow it down till the

thought feels mine

Hold me in the pattern

Let it take the weight

Round and round the fracture

I can stay awake

Hold me in the pattern

Till the ache feels safe I

draw a map from the cracks in the floor

Every turn brings me back to before Small signs glow in a

private code I move through work like a river of stone

If I lose the thread,

I start at one Breathing in time till the night is done

If the room turns slow

I will not let go

One small flame below

Shows me where to go

Hold me in the pattern

Let it take the weight

Round and round the fracture

I can stay awake

Hold me in the pattern

Till the ache feels safe

Stay with the line

Stay with the weight

I keep the pattern

I keep awake